Improvement in seed-planters



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

IMPROVEMENT IN sEED-PLAN-TERS.

S icoifieation forlniwr art of Letters l s P Patent No. 28,3156,l dated My 2c, 1860.

To (LZ/l whom it may concern:

y Be itflfnown that I. JOHN \V.Al\[.\sTIN. of Utica, in the county ot' Hacomb and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinSeed-Planters; audl dohereby declare that the following is a ful]7 clear,

and exact description ol' the same, reference' being had to thc ac'wmpanyiug drawings, for1ning a part ot' this` specification, in whieh i Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a simil-planter with my improvements on it. Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection ot' the saine, and Fig. 3 a plan ortop view.

Similar letters ol' reference in each of the several figures indicate corresponding parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe' its construction and operation.

A is the seed hopper or box. It is supported on a traine. u, resting on axle B. said axle having driving-wheels Il.

(l is ajointcd frame connected to the under side oi' the axle, and having its bottom sections hinged. as shown at b. To the forward end of these hinged sections are `secured fnrrow shares l), inmnediatcly bchiud which an opening or hole is made in the hinged sections to allow the` seed-couductiug tube 1'] to pass through, said tube beingjilaced directly 11n-- der and iu connnunication with an opening in the bottom of hopper A, and serving to con duct the seed into the furrow prepared by the A. concave seed-roller, F, is suspcndrd from the trame just behiudthetubc. rl`he hinged trame is connected to a leverub)Y cords, said lever serving to cli-vate said l'ralne out ci the way in passing over strong, rough. and stnmpy ground, and in going to and returning from the Iii-iid. A partition, 71, isplaced in the center ot' the hopper, and extends the whole length ofthe same, and (in connection with the sccdslide G, which hastwo seedcells, i yi.y in it, one ou each side of said partition, as shown in the drawings) affords facilities to sop-seed and icrtilizcrattlnesalnctime. The seed-conducting tube E is enlarged at its top, and situated so as to encompass the two holes, so als io receive the sei-d and fertilizer discha rgcd from each cell at the saine time and conduct them down to the ground together.

The slide G has a hinged head or projection,

I, on its end, projecting out of the hopper, as represented in the drawings. This head is drawn up when the machine is not in operation, and is allowedtohang down when the :machine is in operation. A springvd; is attached to the end of the main slide, and is ar ranged to force down the hinged Head' orprojection and retain it inra proper position during the operation of planting. The hinged projection is' constructed in? suoli relation to the main slide as to iiorm a-groove, wherein the wheel H revolves; saidV wheel having cams e e projecting from op'psite sides at or nea periphery.

hopper. rLhese plates each have an inclined groove, ,f, on the under sides, said groove allowinga spring, g, to play up and down in it. rPhis spring operates, in connection with the seed-eell in the slide, as a cut-off, and, in case any seed should get wedged in ibetween the cut-ott and the edge of the cell, gives upward and allows the seed togo through, thus insuring a. regular and certain discharge of the grain.

K are projections placed on the wheel H ot' the machine in such a position that theyleave their marks precisely opposite the spot where the seed are dropped. VvYhen the operator reaches the end ol' the row or field and drives back. the clogs hit upon their old marks, which serre as a guide for hiln to return by, and the seed are consequently dropped opposite the even row oi' corn both ways.

hat I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1.. The adjustable hinged projection I on the seed-slide G, in combination with the cams c c on wheel H', substantially as and for the pur poses set forth.

per A, distributing seed-slide G, spring eutos g, adjustable hinged projection Lwheel H', with cams c c. main frame a., an'd jointed frame C, in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN W. MASTEN.-

'itnesses:

E. l. Amin, l. H. EMERY.

r its J J are plates secured to the bot-tom'of the former hills, thus securing t-he advantage of an 2. The arrangement of the partitioned hop- 

